Talk:University of Texas at Arlington

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[edit] future edits

i am trying to improve this page to the quality of the UT-Austin wiki page University of Texas at Austin. any help would be appreciated.Locriani 06:40, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect University of Texas to University of Texas System

Hi, there is a ongoing debate about redirecting University of Texas to University of Texas System at talk: University of Texas at Austin. If you are interested, please feel free to join. RockiRock 20:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orange is not an official color of UTA

To whomever changed the official colors to remove white in favor of orange, please document this. Of course you will have great difficulty, because orange is not an offical color of UT-Arlington. It is the official color of the UT System, which of course is sort of ridiculous to impose on member institutions, even so required to be used on the institution's identity items.

Thank you for the update on degree program counts, but remember to document the reference. If you are unwilling to include references, please refrain from editing the encyclopedia. Tee Owe 12:52, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Location

I don't know if {{coord}} tags are appropriate for schools and universities, but at any rate the location of Texas Hall, which is roughly in the center of the UTA campus, is {{coord|32.731|-97.115}}. — Loadmaster (class of '83) 19:46, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I found the appropriate tag ({{Geolinks-US-buildingscale}}), which I added to the article. — Loadmaster 19:55, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Alumni and Faculty Members

To whomever added "Jimmy Rogers" as a Faculty Member, please refer to Wikipedia guidelines on notability before adding people to this list. All other entries have an explanation of why they are notable faculty, as opposed to simply being on the faculty. Tee Owe 17:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:UTAseal.png

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BetacommandBot 19:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Uta-web-logo.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:46, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Logos

I've updated the page with the three current logos: The main academic logo, the horse mascot, and the spirit logo. I removed the historical UTA logos primary because I think it's unnecessary, but also because I think the presence of those old logos, to some degree, negates the re-branding effort the university has undertaken. Those old logos are a bit hokey looking and I don't believe they promote the image the university is currently trying to pursue. I also think the now defunct "Sam Maverick" logo should be sent to the wayside, but I'll hold off on that until I hear some other opinions on this. The new logos are pretty good looking, and I think they should be the ones displayed on the page. Let me know if you disagree.--Elred (talk) 04:38, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

We're not here to promote the university. I am glad the current logo is up though. I think it would be good to talk about the progression of the logo over time, though maybe that wouldn't be notable. --Eruhildo (talk) 15:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Maybe "promote" wasn't the proper choice of words. Perhaps "represent" would have been more appropriate. The point was, if we used the 'old' logos of any university we would be doing that university a disservice. Clearly, as these institutions evolve they attempt to update their images to keep up with the times. That being the case, I think having the current logos (only) is both the most accurate and the most befitting the current state of the university.--Elred (talk) 01:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
We're not here to befit the current state of the university. Discussing the old logos would not be doing the university a disservice, not that we should worry about whether not we are doing a disservice to any article's subject matter as long as the article's information is accurate. Of course I'm not saying we should use an old logo in the infobox - the current one should be used there, and any old ones should be made clear that they are indeed old logos. --Eruhildo (talk) 03:35, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
If you were going to write an article about Microsoft, do you think it would be relevant to explain the evolution of the windows logo? You're starting to twist my words a bit and it's getting a little tiresome. I'm not affiliated with UT Arlington and have no interest in peacocking the page. I'm pretty sure, however, that you won't find pages (especially on universities) that focus on obsolete branding campaigns, unless of course there was something unique or controversial. In that vein, perhaps mention of the former "Rebels" logo would, in fact, be relevant. Do me a favor and don't begin another response to me with "We're not here to _____." You and I are not "we." --Elred (talk) 17:47, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for misunderstanding what you were trying to say - sometimes I get a little too aggressive. There was an article in The Shorthorn (the school newspaper) on the progression of the logo. --Eruhildo (talk) 06:11, 10 April 2008 (UTC)